NHTSA Complaint #11389721 — 2008 MERCURY MILAN

FOR SEVERAL YEARS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRUST MY BRAKES. IF I HIT A BUMP I WILL LOSE MY BRAKES, AND HAVE TO KEEP PUMPING THEM THE GET THEM TO STOP. IF I HIT ANOTHER BUMP IT SEEMS TO PUT THEM BACK TO NORMAL. HOWEVER OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 2 YEARS MY BRAKES HAVE GOTTEN STEADILY WORSE. AT THIS POINT THEY DON'T WANT TO STOP ME AT ALL. 01/19/2021 I ALMOST HAD A SERIOUS ACCIDENT DRIVING DOWN BASE (A COUNTRY ROAD), I WAS DRIVING AROUND 35 MILES AN HOUR BUT WAS SLOWING DOWN BECAUSE I KNEW THE STOP SIGN WAS UP AHEAD. I CAME TO THE STOP SIGN AND HAD NO BRAKES. A CAR WAS COMING AND I KEPT PULLING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE RIGHT AND I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO GET THE CAR PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.BY A DITCH. NO ONE WAS HURT LUCKILY, BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE. MY BRAKES HAVE BEEN RECALLED SINCE JANUARY OF 2020 AND I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEM SINCE 2017. BUT NO ONE COULD FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON. I DO HAVE THE DOCUMENTION FROM DON MEYER FORD SHOWING WHERE I TOOK MY BRAKES IN EXPLAINING THAT MY BRAKES WERE BAD. THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THE COST OF GETTING NEW BRAKES BUT ALSO TOLD ME THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY AND THEN I MAY GET REIMBURSED OR I MAY NOT. I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO PAY FOR NEW BRAKES AT THIS TIME. NOT ONLY DO I DRIVE THIS CAR BACK AND FORTH TO WORK I RAISE MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO ALSO RIDES IN THIS CAR WITH ME. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED INVOICE FROM WHERE I HAD MY BRAKES CHECKED, ALSO FIRST RECALL DATE JAN 2020 AND SECOND RECALL DATED OCT 2020. .